Combined canteen, cooking, and mess kit



Dec. 7, 1937. w. H. N. STEVENS COMBINED CANTEEN, COOKING, AND MESS KIT Filed March 29, 1957 2 Shets-Sheet 1 l 130 I z Fl" 5 27 26,

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MESS m- William N. Steven s, (tolumbus, '(lhio I Application March 29. 1931, Serial No. 133,718

SOIaimaJOLIOHi a This invention relates to a combined canteen, cooking and mess kit and has for an obiectto provide a compact assembly of utensils which will be freefrom theusual objectionable projections, which may be readily assembled and disassembled, which may be easily. maintained in a sanitary condition, and which even though a slight dent is formed in any of the utensils they may still be readily assembled and disassembled.

A further object is to provide a device of this character in which the utensils will be so assembled as to eliminate rattling, and which will be formed of a few strong simple and durable parts, essential to the comfort of the hunter, trapper, military person and others, and which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain noveldetails of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood-that various modifications-may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any oi the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined canteen, cooking. and mess kit, constructed in accordance with the invention. a

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the device taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail cross sectional view taken on the line M of Figure 3 and showingthe manner of securing the parts together atthe neckofthe canteen.

Figure 5 is a detail cross sectional view taken on the line $5 of Figure 4 and showing in section the parts which are shown in plan in Figure 4.

which is Figure 11 is a plan view of the frying pan with a long Jointed handle assembled therewith.

Figure .12 is a detail sectional view showing the coupling pin connectingthe handle to the frying pan.

Referring now'to the drawings in which like characters of reference designatesimilar parts in the various views, Iii designates a canteen having a shallow side H and a deep side i2, best shown in Figure 3, the deep side being of frustoconical formation. The canteen is provided at its bottom with laterally directed ears i3 having substantially rectangular perforations l4 therein,

as best shown in Figure 7.

A frying pan i5 is arranged on the deep side of the canteen. A pan l8 of the general shape shown in Figure 10 is nested in a center com-. partment ll of a kit section I 8 which is provided with a compartment is for first aid-needs, and

' a compartment 20 for travelers accessories, both compartments being closed by respective hinge doors 2i and 22, as best shown in Figure 9. The nested pan and kit section are arranged on theshallow side of the canteen as best shown in Figure 3.

A cooking pan 23 is arranged on the nested pan and kit section as also best shown in Figure 3. The frying pan [5 and the cooking pan 23 are provided at the bottom with respective lugs 2! and 25 which fit in the apertures of the ears IS on the canteen, as best shown in Figures '3 and 7.

The frying pan and the cooking pan are provided at the top with respective extensions or necks 26 and 2'! which are arranged'on opposite sides of the neck 28 of the canteen and which are provided at their upper ends with respective laterally directed lugs 29 and 30 as best shown in Figures3, 4 and 5. A ring 8i embraces the neck 28 of the canteen and the extensions or necks 26 and 2'! of the frying pan and of the cooking pan, and is held in place by the lugs 29 and 30 of said extensions or necks 26 and 21. The ring is externally screw threaded and threadediy engages the mouth of a cup 32.

The ring also is provided with grooves 83'and 34, best shown in Figures 4,.5 and 6 through which the lugs 29 and 30 are passed when assembling the parts and then the ring may be given a half turn to dispose the lugs'in overlapping relationship with thering as best shown in Figure 4 to holdthe parts assembled.

Initially the lugs 24 and 25 at the bottom of the frying pan l2 andthe cooking pan 23 are slipped into the perforations I 4 of the ears i3 on the bottom oi the canteen before the assembling ring II .is applied to assemble the parts as Just described. To take down the device it is simply necessary to remove the cup I! and rotate the ring a one-quarter turn whereupon it may be slipped oi! oi the lugs 29 and 30 and extensions or necks 2t and 21 of the frying pan and of the cooking pan respectively whereupon the lugs 24 and 25 of these pans may be detached from the ears I! of the canteen.

A jointed long handle a, best shown in 1 18-.

ure 11, is provided with a socket member it, best shown in Figure 12, to receive the extension or neck 20 and the lug 28 of the frying pan. A pin 31 is passed through registering openings SI and 30 formed in the lug and in the socket member to secure the handle to the frying pan. A chain ll attaches the pin permanently to one section of the handle so that it may not become lost.

A plate ll, as best shown in Figure 3, is nested in the cooking pan 2!. A handle 4!, best shown in Figures 1 and 2, is secured to one side of the canteen and forms'an attaching means for securing the device to the person of the wearer.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined canteen, cooking and mess kit, comprising a canteen having a neck, laterally extending apertured projections on the bottom of the-canteen, a frying pan arranged on one side 01 the canteen, a cooking pan arranged on the other side of the canteen, lugs on the bottom oi both pans engageable in said apertured projections, extensions on the top of both pans.

adapted to lie along said neck of the canteen,

-and a coupling ring adapted to embrace said,

neck and the last named extensions for holding the parts assembled.

2. A combined canteen, cooking and mess kit, comprising a canteen having a neck, laterally extending apertured projections on the bottom of the canteen, a frying pan arranged on one side 01 the canteen, a cooking pan arranged on the other side oi the canteen, lugs on the bottom oi both pans engageable in said apertured projections, extensions on the top of both pans adapted to lie along said neck of the canteen,

said extensions on the top of both pans terminating in outwardly directed lugs, a coupling ring having notches to permit said lugs passing through the ring, said ring being adapted to encircle said extensions and the neck of the canteen to hold the parts assembled, and a cup detachably engaged with said ring.

3. A combined canteen; cooking and mess kit, comprising a canteen having a shallow side and a deep side 01' which the latter is o! trusto conical formation, laterally directed apertured projections on the bottom of the canteen, a frying pan arranged on the deep side or the canteen, a nested pan, kit section, plate and cooking pan arranged on the shallow side of the canteen, lugs on the bottom of the frying pan and of the cooking pan adapted to fit in said apertured extensions on the canteen, a cup detachably connected with the canteen, and means for securing the top 01! the frying pan and of the cooking pan to the canteen adjacent to said cup.

4. A combined canteen, cooking and mess kit. comprising a canteen having a shallow side and a deep side of which the latter is frusto-conical formation, laterally directed apertured projections on the bottom oi! the canteen, a frying panarranged on the deep side of the canteen, a nested pan, kit section, plate and cooking pan arranged on the shallow side of the canteen, lugs on the bottom of the frying pan and of the cooking pan adapted to lit in saidapertured extensions on. the canteen, the frying pan and the cooking pan being provided with upstanding tions on the bottom of the canteen, a frying pan arranged on the deep side oi. the canteen, a

nested pan, kit section, plate and cooking panarranged on the shallow side of the canteen, lugs on the bottom or the frying pan and of the cooking pan adapted to lit in said apex-tuned extensions on the canteen, extensions formed on the frying pan and on the cooking pan, a neck for the canteen against which said extensions are adapted to be disposed, outstanding lugs on the extensions. a coupling ring adapted to encircle said extensions and said neck of the canteen, the coupling ring having notches adapted to permit said lugs to pass through the ring and overlap the ring when the ring is given a quarter turn to hold the parts assembled, and a cup screw threadedly engaged with the ring. WILLIAM H. N. STEVENS. 

